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Since opening on Dec 8, Mechamato Movie has managed to gather RM10mil at box office throughout Malaysia and Brunei.
On its Facebook web page, Animonsta Studios (Monsta) thanked the viewers who’ve made it a convincing success in lower than per week.
“Thank you for supporting our movie. To those who have watched and supported Mechamato Movie since the first day of screening – and watched it again and again – you have contributed in elevating a Malaysian film,” it said.
Director-writer Nizam Abd Razak stated that the earnings is encouraging because it exhibits that audiences are actually entertained with the film, to garner repeated viewing.
Mechamato Movie, at present exhibiting at 150 cinemas nationwide, has nice motion sequences and loads of laughs … all centring on a creating friendship between a inventive teenager and a strong robotic.
No doubt, the very fact that it’s the college holidays now additionally boosted its ticket gross sales.
However, Mechamato Movie’s assortment didn’t greatest the file set by Syamsul Yusof’s film Mat Kilau Kebangkitan Pahlawan.
Back in June, Mat Kilau earned RM12.2mil at the box office in 4 days and RM47mil in 11 days, with simultaneous screenings in Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore.
Nonetheless, Monsta has massive plans for Mechamata Movie in coming months.
According to Nizam, the studio is seeking to launch the film in the abroad market subsequent yr.
He instructed StarLifestyle that the outlook of the film changing into profitable abroad is there because of the recognition of Mechamato: The Animated Series.
The collection is proven in 65 international locations world wide together with Japan, South Korea, Portugal, Turkiye and Australia.
But first, Nizam and his workforce have to look into the “strategic parts” earlier than the film may be exported and for it to be a success in different international locations.
“We need to form strategic partnerships and good business deals for that to happen. We are currently working on this. It’s not easy, but I think it can be done because we have a good concept.”
